Committees - SQAI 2026

General Chair

The General Chair provides overall leadership for the symposium, setting the vision, coordinating all committees, and serving as the primary representative of SQAI to the broader community. This role involves strategic planning, stakeholder relationship management, and ensuring the event meets its academic and professional objectives.

Publications Chair

The Publications Chair oversees the preparation, formatting, and dissemination of the conference proceedings and accepted papers. This includes coordinating with authors, managing the submission of camera-ready versions, ensuring proper formatting, and working with publishers or online platforms to make the research accessible to the community.

Publicity Chair

The Publicity Chair is responsible for promoting the conference, increasing its visibility, and engaging the broader community. This includes managing social media, preparing press releases, coordinating outreach to academic and industry partners, and ensuring timely communication of important updates to potential attendees and contributors.

Finance Chair

The Finance Chair oversees the conference budget, financial planning, and expense management. This role includes securing sponsorships, managing registration fees, allocating resources efficiently across all aspects of the conference, and ensuring financial transparency and accountability.

Logistics Chair

The Logistics Chair coordinates all operational aspects of the conference, including venue arrangements, audiovisual setup, catering, accommodation coordination, transportation, and on-site management. This role ensures the smooth execution of the conference schedule and attendee experience.

Poster & Demos Chair

The Poster & Demos Chair organizes interactive sessions that showcase cutting-edge research and technology demonstrations. Responsibilities include managing the submission and selection process, coordinating display logistics, scheduling presentations, and creating an engaging environment for knowledge exchange and networking.

TPC Chair

The TPC Chair leads the Technical Program Committee, overseeing the entire paper review process and scientific program development. This role involves coordinating area chairs, managing the review timeline, ensuring review quality and fairness, resolving conflicts, and making final decisions on paper acceptance to maintain the highest scientific standards.

TPC Member

TPC Members are experts in quantum computing, AI, or their intersection who evaluate submitted papers, provide detailed reviews, and contribute to the scientific quality of the conference. They assess technical merit, novelty, clarity, and relevance of submissions while participating in discussions to help reach consensus on acceptance decisions.

Area Chairs

Area Chairs are subject-matter experts who supervise the review process for submissions in their specific technical domains. They assign papers to appropriate reviewers, moderate discussions among reviewers, provide recommendations to the TPC Chair, and help shape the technical sessions within their area of expertise.

Our Technical Areas:

• Quantum Machine Learning (QML): Research at the intersection of quantum computing and machine learning, including quantum neural networks, quantum-enhanced ML algorithms, and theoretical advantages.
• QAI Hardware: Development of quantum computing hardware specifically designed or optimized for AI applications, including specialized QPUs and hybrid classical-quantum systems.
• Quantum Data Science: Techniques for quantum data analysis, quantum-enhanced statistical methods, and quantum approaches to handling large datasets.
• Hybrid Systems: Architectures and algorithms that leverage both classical and quantum resources to achieve superior performance in AI tasks.
• Applications: Practical implementations of quantum AI in various domains such as finance, healthcare, materials science, optimization, and more.
• Benchmarking/Performance: Methods for evaluating, comparing, and validating the performance of quantum AI systems against classical counterparts.
• Ethics/Society/Philosophy: Exploration of the broader implications of quantum AI, including ethical considerations, societal impact, and philosophical questions.

SC Chair

The Steering Committee Chair leads the strategic oversight group for SQAI, ensuring continuity and vision across conference editions. This role involves facilitating long-term planning, maintaining relationships with key stakeholders in the field, and providing guidance to each year's organizing committee to preserve the conference's identity and standards.

SC Member

Steering Committee Members contribute to the long-term strategic development of SQAI. They help shape the conference's direction, identify emerging trends in quantum AI, establish connections with key communities and organizations, and ensure the event maintains its scientific quality and relevance across editions.